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Add notes on controlling the kiosk remotely to first-boot doc.

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Adding these options will allow you to mix secure (i.e. HTTPS) origins with insecure ones (you need to specifically white-list them). Sometimes you need stuff like this to pull together all the bits and pieces of your dashboard from different origins. We're not saying you should. But you can.
## Controlling the kiosk remotely
Sometimes you need to do basic remote adjustments, like changing the URL that's displayed.
- If you need a lot of flexibility, [you can install VNC](https://github.com/futurice/chilipie-kiosk/issues/38#issuecomment-442031274) to get a full remote desktop
- If you just need to set the URL, you can SSH over (not enabled by default; see above), and e.g. [run something like](https://github.com/futurice/chilipie-kiosk/issues/71#issuecomment-522035239): `export DISPLAY=:0; xdotool key F11 sleep 1 key ctrl+l sleep 1 type 'https://google.com'; xdotool sleep 1 key KP_Enter; xdotool key F11`. Very crude. Very effective.
## Username and password
If you need to login to a shell, the default username and password are `pi` and `raspberry`, as is tradition for Raspberry Pi. The `pi` user also has `sudo` access.